Schwarzman Scholars Now Accepting Applications for Third Class of
Future Leaders

April 17, 2017 10:30 AM Eastern Time

NEW YORK & BEIJING--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Schwarzman Scholars has opened their global application for the third
cohort of young leaders. The highly selective, fully-funded scholarship
program is designed to ensure that the next generation of business,
political, and civil society leaders can effectively serve as bridges
between China and the rest of the world. Anchored in an 11-month
professional Master’s Degree in Global Affairs at Beijing’s prestigious
Tsinghua University, the Schwarzman Scholars experience encompasses
unparalleled opportunities inside and outside the classroom, including
extensive leadership training, a network of senior mentors, practical
training/internships, and travel seminars around China. Scholars will
learn about the emergence of China as an economic and political force
from world‐class faculty from leading institutions and guest speakers at
the state‐of‐the‐art Schwarzman College. The dynamic core curriculum
offers the choice of concentrations in public policy, international
studies, or business and economics.

The scholarship aims to build a professionally diverse cohort each year
and welcomes undergraduates, graduates, and young professionals up to
age 28 of any citizenship who are proficient in English and have
obtained an undergraduate degree. A Schwarzman Scholar should
demonstrate extraordinary leadership potential, the ability to
anticipate paradigm changes, strong intellectual capacity, and exemplary
character. Eligible applicants from any field are invited to apply.

Schwarzman Scholars is fully-funded for all participants, including
travel costs and a modest personal stipend. The program is supported
through a number of generous contributions to Schwarzman Scholars with a
fundraising goal of $500 million. Schwarzman Scholars’ inaugural class
is currently in residence at Schwarzman College and is comprised of 110
scholars from 32 countries and 75 universities. The program recently
announced its second cohort to arrive on campus in August 2017. The
second class of 129 exceptional young people is composed of students
from 30 countries and 75 universities with 45% from the United States,
20% from China, and 35% from the rest of the world. Of the applicants
offered acceptance into the program, 97% will join the new class,
representing a higher acceptance yield than the most competitive U.S.
business and law schools. This year the program will accept 140 scholars
for the Class of 2019.

The application can be found on the Schwarzman Scholars website, www.schwarzmanscholars.org
and will be open until 11:59PM EST on September 28, 2017. More than 300
finalists will be invited to an in-person interview in Singapore
(October 27th), London (November 1st), or New York (November 6th & 7th)
and will be notified of their acceptance in mid-November 2017. Those
selected for an interview will go before panels of distinguished global
figures including CEOs, former heads of state, university presidents,
non-profit executives and journalists. For applicants who hold passports
from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao, regardless of where
they attended university, the appropriate application can be found on
the Tsinghua University website.

About Schwarzman Scholars: Schwarzman Scholars was inspired by
the Rhodes Scholarship, which was founded in 1902 to promote
international understanding and peace, and is designed to meet the
challenges of the 21st century and beyond. Blackstone Co-Founder Stephen
A. Schwarzman personally contributed $100 million to the program and is
leading a fundraising campaign to raise an additional $400 million from
private sources to endow the program in perpetuity. The $500 million
endowment will support up to 200 Scholars annually from the U.S., China
and around the world for a one-year Master’s Degree program at Tsinghua
University in Beijing, one of China’s most prestigious universities and
an indispensable base for the country’s scientific and technological
research. Scholars chosen for this highly selective program will live in
Beijing for a year of study and cultural immersion, attending lectures,
traveling, and developing a better understanding of China. Admissions
opened in the fall of 2015, with the first class of students taking up
residence in 2016. Learn more at www.schwarzmanscholars.org,
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